Rural Affairs and Islands Committee

Convener

*Finlay Carson (Galloway and West Dumfries) (Con)

Deputy convener

*Beatrice Wishart (Shetland Islands) (LD)

Committee members

*Karen Adam (Banffshire and Buchan Coast) (SNP)

*Alasdair Allan (Na h-Eileanan an Iar) (SNP)

*Ariane Burgess (Highlands and Islands) (Green)

*Jim Fairlie (Perthshire South and Kinross-shire) (SNP)

Christine Grahame (Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale) (SNP)

*Rhoda Grant (Highlands and Islands) (Lab)

*Rachael Hamilton (Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire) (Con)

The following also participated:

Libby Anderson (Scottish Animal Welfare Commission)

Ian Andrew (British Pest Control Association)

Ross Ewing (Scottish Land & Estates)

Chief Superintendent Mike Flynn (Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals)

Emma Harper (South Scotland) (SNP) (Committee Substitute)

Alex Hogg (Scottish Gamekeepers Association)

Liz McLachlan (NatureScot)

Professor Ian Newton (Grouse Moor Management Group)

Professor Colin Reid (Grouse Moor Management Group)

Professor Alan Werritty (Grouse Moor Management Group)

Clerk to the committee

Emma Johnston